Asus rampage III Extreme

Found Via the Q LED's that the boot device had an error, my Revo 120!
removing allowed access to the bios, then reset it and it booted okay, next day its locking up again.

Emailed tech support in both ASUS and OCZ I hope there is a fix
 
Notes have appeared for 1207:

[ 1207 ]
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1. Improved DRAM compatibility
2. Fixed S3 resume fail when USB 3.0 controller was disabled
3. Fix incorrect CPU temperature may display in BIOS setup menu when the temperature is under 0 degree
4. Support GPU tweakit function
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I just updated from 1102 to 1208. Cant notice any difference, but I thought I'd update to the latest since I'm getting new ram to go with my new cooler :p

Yes I am mad, I spotted 12 Gb packs of Corsair Vengeance at £119 each and ordered two. No I have absolutely no need for them at all, but my current ram modules are bright silver and look naff on this mobo with a black Antec H2O cooler.

I can also sell a set later for a bit higher if I no longer want it, or if they are crap with 6 modules installed. I can test both sets and keep the better one, or just keep both if I'm happy with the results.
 
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I know :(

I only needed one and can sell my current ram for £90-120 (£30-40 per 4 Gb of 2133 Mhz elipdas should be easy). Ordering two of them was the mad thing.

If I can get one set working at 2000 Mhz but not both, then I sell one of them.

One 12 Gb kit for £120 was essentially a free upgrade, but two is just a case of OMFG WHY DID I ORDER THAT???
 
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bhavv said:
I know :(

I only needed one and can sell my current ram for £90-120 (£30-40 per 4 Gb of 2133 Mhz elipdas should be easy). Ordering two of them was the mad thing.

If I can get one set working at 2000 Mhz but not both, then I sell one of them.
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So you had... 9GB of elpidas? And you are swapping them for 24GB of Vengeance... Why? For one I would be surprised if 24GB works without issues, although it is "supposed" to support 24GB they are never really made for it and often problems occur. Secondly the elpidas are probably the best DDR3 chips out there.

4GB is all that is needed these days, 6GB is more than enough, 8GB is way more than enough, but 24GB? That's just plain silly! Unless you are using some highly memory intensive application I can't see why anyone would want 24GB, especially considering that amount of ram would severely limit overclocking and potentially cause stability issues.

These boards have been seen to have problems with 12GB kits, let alone 24GB.
 
Erm no, I had 12 Gbs of Elipdas :p

They were dual channel kits, hence 6 modules not 3.

Like I said I'm gonna test them and likely sell one of them. Going from 6x2 Gb modules to 3x4 Gb should be a lot better for overclocking, and reviews on this Vengeance ram showed that it can do 2000 Mhz @ 9-10-9 timings.
 
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bhavv said:
Erm no, I had 12 Gbs of Elipdas :p

They were dual channel kits, hence 6 modules not 3.

Like I said I'm gonna test them and likely sell one of them. Going from 6x2 Gb modules to 3x4 Gb should be a lot better for overclocking, and reviews on this Vengeance ram showed that it can do 2000 Mhz @ 9-10-9 timings.
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Ah right ok. I can see how 3x4 would work better than your current 6x2. Why didn't you just buy the one kit though? Still sounds to me that the only reason you really purchased them was because you didn't like the look of the old ones lol ;).
 
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Ah right ok. I can see how 3x4 would work better than your current 6x2. Why didn't you just buy the one kit though? Still sounds to me that the only reason you really purchased them was because you didn't like the look of the old ones lol ;).
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And because they didnt go higher than 1850 Mhz :p

The reason for the two kits at £119 is that I can sell one for a little more than that after playing with them :D

I've bought lots of ram in the past and it sold for the same or more than what I paid, the best was Patriot Viper 6x2 Gb on an offer at £80. I bought two of them and had 12 Gb. Several months later when OCUK had my current Geil modules in stock for £70 per 4 Gb, my patriot kits were selling for £130 brand new. I ebayed both the ones I had bought at £80 for £120 each.

I can see this 12 Gb Corsair kit going up in price from what I paid, and not down, I think I might be able to do the same with it that I did with my patriots. I wait for the place I bought it from to run out of stock, then stick it on Ebay for £130.

Also OCZ Flex II 1150 Mhz DDR2 ram kit back on my S775 setup - bought for £99, played with it for a few months, sold for £99 after they went up to £119 :D.

I like gambling with ram because the prices fluctuate a lot. Whenever I can sell my current ram, and buy better for the money I would get for it, I do so. Also the same with GPU upgrades each gen but they always go down in price. CPUs arent worth it. Buy, sell, buy, sell, buy, sell .... Eventually it works out the same cost as buying a new PC every 3-4 years would.

<---- Upgradaholic basically :(
 
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Hmmmm, I got the ram installed, and neither kit OCs much or runs at lower timings, but they do what they say on the box, and with the full 24 Gb installed my PC is booting up extremely fast, much more noticable than it was going from using my OS on a HDD to a SSD!

So do I want to keep 24 Gb @ 1600 Mhz 9-9-9-24, or 12 Gb @ 1600 Mhz 6-7-6-18?
 
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